shoeblack
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of shoeblack
Example Sentences
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Food powders make good mashed potatoes�far better than the dark, gooey "shoeblack" potatoes dehydrated for the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Heedless of expenditure she spent two and eleven pence on new black gloves, and twopence on the services of a shoeblack who whistled cheerful tunes, and smiled on the coppers.
From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel
“Don’t understand you, Franky,” said Trevor, with a twinkle of the eye, as he allowed himself to be caught by a shoeblack, and placed a slightly soiled boot upon his stand.
From Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One by Fenn, George Manville
Left alone in a friend’s lodging with a broken arm and other contusions, and a small shoeblack to look after me, who had once robbed me of my penknife and a sixpence!
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines
“If anything happens, Doubleday, will you please telegraph to Smith, at Mrs Shield’s, Packworth, and tell him to come to me, and also find out Billy, the shoeblack, and say I want to see him.”
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines
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